Digitally operated shoes by TheGreatEscape, a Berlin-based Bureau for visual creativity. The guys rock – don´t miss to watch the demo reel. It´s just….the best i´ve seen for months.

Pictures via TheGreatEscape

When women want to prove something to their male counterpieces – most of the time, it´s pretty inconvenient for the Lords of the creation. Allowedly, “What has to be proved to the man” sounds little bit like revolution, women´s libber stuff and fighting chickenbitches.
So, it feels very pleasant that the three ladies from Quod Erat Demonstrandum pour Homme, short: QED POUR HOMME, neither come up with wagging fingers nor with a new journal for female revolutionizers.

Julia Böge, Simona Gabrieli and Jasmin Moallim – the heads behind the Berlin-based label – rely on good clothing for great guys. Abstaining from big falderal, but focusing on clear shapes and a color palette that consists of non-colors such as white and black and some grey-tones the felicitous insertion of minimalistic-playful details is the only element of agitation in their collections.
For the QED POUR HOMME winter collection the trio was inspired by Kinetics. With pieces that invite to interact by giving the opportunity to make some fast and easy changes, contrasting square-edged shapes combined with round ones, through layering, cuttling and the play with volumes and patterns QED POUR HOMME proves that for completing the chain of evidence you don´t have to reinvent the wheel, that reduction can be a powerful element of creation and that men are sometimes well advised to listen to their female counterpieces.

Photos via QED POUR HOMME

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NEXT WASTED TOP MODEL – Great gift, great fun, great change to go for project runway or next topmodel.
I´ll tell you what the jury said about my application-photos. I promise, i´ll BRING THE NOISE Thank you Paul – the shirt even fits perfectly! (My posing-backround: XXL-poster by artist Stefan Marx)

 For those who didn´t get the hint – BRING THE NOISE is one of the new T-Shirts from the WASTED GERMAN YOUTH empire. As well as the top model shirt it´s available here.

Photo via Foto von Wasted German Youth

“Serious? Never. Fun? Always.” For 8 years now, Berlin-based label Starstyling proves how airy it can look when you take yourself not too serious. Katja Schlegel and Kai Seifried, the heads behind Starstyling, play so slickly critical, playful, ironic and humorous with the elements of contemporary fashion that their label soon transformed from an insider tip into an established brand.

For several years now, I track Starstyling´s development and I am happy to see that Katja Schlegel and Kai Seifried don´t rest on their laurels and on the simple concept “shirts with great prints”. Instead of, Starstyling moves on with progressive, holistic styles that might overstrain the mainstream-taste, but beat the pants of the mushrooming urban streetwear-labels through creativity, ingenuity and courage. “Serious? Never. Fun? Always.” – The concept works out. At least for Starstyling.

Photos via Starstyling

Berlin, Berlin – everyone has been in Berlin. Me too – but unfortunately, instead of attending the splendid shows and visiting some off-events i was running my feet off with a camera team. We were producing “The Zoo”, a spontaneous, modish question-answer banter on the streets of Berlin – a little online-show that will be aired in October (info’s will follow). Wistfully, I looked at the partygoers and show visitors that filled Berlin´s streets while I was practicing shyness-overcoming with accosting people and interviewing them in front of some cameras.
For a lucid intervall, i was running into Mary and Mahret, but unfortunately, i was in a condition of midsize confusion and on the run to the next location. For those who also missed the shows and events, I heartly recommend the reports and pictures on Pudri, f&art, Les Mads, La Lila and Allet ohne Schminke. From Smeilinener to Strenesse Blue, from Wedding Dress 3, Esmod Show and Elle Fashion Star Party – The blogger ladies did a great job and offer a fantastic overview on what was going on in Berlin.

Picture via Messe Berlin

Don´t worry – there´s some help out there! Mary just recommended and i acclaim: with fashionweek.unlike you´ll be in the know. Get the schedule, read some insider reports and find the kind of information you´ll need for your ultimate fashion inspired Berlin trip. Enjoy!

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